Although once one of the primary engines for the Grand Canyon Railway, the 6776 now sits in retirement at the depot at Grand Canyon Village. Having suffered a mechanical failure, the railway opted... (more)

Two Grand Canyon Railway trains rest at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon on March 17, 2005. Both trains are powered by classy A-B sets of Alco-designed Montreal Locomotive Works FPA-4s.

A long way from home, a former VIA FPA-4 is being held in storage in Chicago's south suburbs. This 1959-built product would end up on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad in 1993. Tom Golden pho... (more)

VIA train 30 from Ottawa to Montreal speeds east through Lachine, Quebec, behind the usual FPA-4 cab unit.

VIA train 55, the Montreal-Toronto Bonaventure, leaves Montreal Island on its way west behind an FPA-4/F9B/RS18 lashup.

I am aboard CN passenger train No. 50 from Toronto to Montreal. Just west of Brockville we meet westbound Train No. 61, The Rapido, on its way from Montreal to Toronto.

VIA was still a few years in the future when this A-B set of classic MLW cab units led a Canadian National Ottawa-Montreal train into the station at suburban Dorval, Quebec.

Stuffed and Mounted: Unfortunately, with the Grand Canyon Ry having purchased several EMD F40's for power, the MLW cab units that once ruled the roost have gone by the wayside. A couple FPA... (more)

A late afternoon, thirteen car passenger train bound for Toronto, lead by an FPA-4, F9B and a GP-9, approaches the Decourcelle Street crossing in the St. Henri District. Decourcelle was the east ... (more)

Two FPA-4's lead the early morning train from Quebec City to Montreal across the Richelieu River.

Four units lead a late afternoon train to Toronto through the St. Henri district.

On a bitterly cold morning three MLW's bring a 14 car "The Ocean" from Halifax, NS through suburban St. Lambert and onto the Victoria Bridge on the final miles into Montreal's Central St... (more)

My father and I had high hopes for MLW-hauled passenger trains on our trip to Toronto in 1984. The FPA-4's were indeed plentiful from the renowned vantage point of the Spadina Avenue bridge. Unf... (more)

CVSR 6777 leads the Trivia train north into Independence.

Two former Canadian National FPA-4 units are shown at Williams as seen from our returning train. This was the first color scheme worn by the imported diesels and almost resembles the Pennsylvania ... (more)